1. Pavel Kodym Interoperability expert
Organization of authorisation process
in Czech Republic
Railway interoperability workshop
Athens

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Content of the presentation
Introduction - Functional scheme of the rail sector
Transposition of the Interoperability directive
Authorisation process
NOBOs
Other assessment bodies
NSA
Conclusion 2

3. Functional scheme of the rail sector in the Czech Republic
Shareholder
Ministry of Transport
Board of appeal
Budget
Act, Decrees
Rail Authority
(NSA + Regulatory body)
Rail Safety Inspection
(Investigation body)
Czech Railways
Joint Stock Company
Supervision
Approval procedure
Investigation
of accidents
Other Railway
Undertakings
Network capacity allocation
Other Rail System
Operators
Railway Infrastructure
Administration (SŽDC)

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Transposition of Interoperability Directive
Interoperability directive is transposed only partly
Many articles are not transposed
Missing authorisation for placing into service of carriages with maximum speed not more than 160 km/h 4

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Transposition of Interoperability Directive
Missing authorisation for placing into service of wagons
Only type approval
Vehicles of foreign RUs do not need authorisation - only type approval
OTIF vehicles of foreign RUs can be operated without authorisation (RIV, RIC) 5

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Authorisation process
Authorisation specified equipment, EC verification, safety assessment
National rules were not cancelled
Authorisation of specified equipment
Specified equipment
pressure tanks
RID tanks
signalling system
energy system
lifting equipment 6

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Authorisation process
different definitions specified equipment and subsystems
authorisation process is doubled
administrative burden – electric unit “Pendolino” – 70 authorisations

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EC verification
Standard EU process
NOBO certification of conformity
EC declaration of verification
Declaration of conformity constituents
Conformity to national rules – DEBO
CSM - RA assessment body (352/2009) 8

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NOBOs in CZ
2 NOBOS in CZ
VUZ  - Railway Research Institute
Technical Research Construction Institute

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VUZ
VUZ - Notified body No. 1714
Designated body
Assessment body
Accredited testing laboratory
Railway test rings
Dynamic test laboratory 
100 % owned by Czech Railways – discussion about independence

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VUZ - scope of conformity assessment
Rolling stock
Infrastructure
Control Command and Signalling
Energy

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VUZ - designated body
Testing of rail vehicles
Testing rail vehicles authorised in another state
Technical – safety tests

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Technical Research Construction Institute
Conformity assessment of subsystem infrastructure
Interoperability constituents
Certification of construction products

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Designated bodies
Legal bodies designated for specified technical equipment approximately 20 DEBOs
2 DEBOs for rail vehicles
We do not have DEBO exactly accredited for subsystems and infrastructure

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Assessment body
NSA requires Safety assessment report according to Regulation 352/2009 (ES)
Assessment body (AB) is recognised by NSA
AB is obliged to prove that he follows requirements defined in Regulation 352/2009 (ES)
There are approximately 70 Assessment bodies recognised

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Assessment body
They are recognised for concrete subsystems
Problem in case of assessment compliance of subsystems
Example – level crossing signalling subsystem and subsystem infrastructure
Compliance signalling, visibility of trains, road signs and their visibility, signals for blind persons

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NSA
NSA – Drazni Urad established 1994
Subordinated to the Ministry of Transport
Director nominated by the Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport is board of appeal
Director could be denominated by the Minister of Transport at any time without any justification
Financed from the state budget

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Conclusion
There are 2 NOBOs in CZ, limited capacity, long lasting process
Missing DEBOs for some subsystems, legal problem, unclear definition of NTRs
Interoperability directive is transposed in different way
No problems with CSM assessment bodies
NSA is established